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On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Steinar Bang wrote: > > port 80; that's for transferring hypertext. We have 65,000 or so > > port numbers to choose from. If we use different port numbers for > > different things, firewall administrators can make networks secure > > by controlling what does and doesn't get let through. > > Ah, but SOAP using port 80 is a _feature_, you know. It allows SOAP > to _tunnel_ through the firewall. Yeah... that kind of statement (which I have heard from people who mean it) makes me feel all... sick inside. > OMG's Richard M. Soley had a very entertaining rant about this bit of > SOAP advertising at the XML Day in Oslo, last October. http://RFC.net/rfc3093.html Firewall Enhancement Protocol "Since this protocol deals with Firewalls there are no real security considerations." - you heard the man. ABS -- Alaric B. Snell http://www.alaric-snell.com/ http://RFC.net/ http://www.warhead.org.uk/ Any sufficiently advanced technology can be emulated in software
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